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vfruit-opone D, KEELLOes, or NEW YORK, N. Y.V

Lenen Patent No. 74,378, daad February 11, issu.4 i

IMPRUVED METHOD 0Fl PRESERVIN G BAIl4 FOR FISHING.

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fro ALL wHoM 1r MAY eoNcEnN; 4 l Be it k'npwn that I, T. D. KELLosG, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImproved Method of Preserving Bait for Fishing and otherpurposes; and Ido hereby declare that the p following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand` `use the same, reference .being had to the accompanying drawings,forming partof this specification, in which-f Figure 1 is averticalsection of my improvedmeat, sh, and bait-preservar, `taken through theline :c su, 2. Figure 2 isa top view oi'V the same, the top or cover ofthe outer or wooden box being removed, and parts being broken away. l

Similar letters di reference-indicate corresponding parts. My inventionhas for its object to furnish an improved means for preserving bait forishingvessels, so that the voyage need not be shortened, and the v esselbe compelled to return to port-.'without'completingV her cargo onaccount of the bait spoiling, and it consists'in the construction of thevarious parts of 'the apparatus, as hereinafter more fully described. lt

For generations fishing. has been* carried on from the fishing-ports byvessels carrying their bait, packed in ice,`f' n open pens, where thepressure bf the large quantity of vibait and ice, and the melting of theice, causes such arap'id deterioration of the bait, that the trips,on-this account, Vcannot average more than eleven days,

, only eight o r ten of which are spent on-the iis hing-grounds, and of-these few days, at least a third part, on an average, is spent intrying around, so'that often, Ibefore a good berth for fishing is found,the bait is nearly or quite spoiled. By at once freezing the bait, andkeeping it frozen, the results of the fishing could certainly hedoubled, yet nothing has-heretofore been done to improve upon the rudeand primitive mode ot' preserving the bait hereinbefore described i A isthe outer case or box of' theA preserver, which is madeof wood, and withdouble walls, so as to form chambers, a', to prevent the access of heatfrom the outside-to the ice-chamber. The spaces var chambers d may befilled with tan-bark, sawdust, charcoal, or other suitablenoli-'conducting material, or they 4may be made as clos'eeair chambers.[The top and front of the box A should opeu,vforconvenienee in vapplyingthe freezingmixture, and in inserting and removing the bait 'or `othersubstance. The bevelled Vedges of the doors should be .packed withlistingpr otherlsuitable material, toguard against the ingress of air. Bis tho-inner box or elise,

which should be made of' metal, to allow the heat to pass from thebait'or other article to be frozeuto the freezingmixture. The box,`B,should be made with Idouble walls, so as to form ice-chambers, b', forthe reception of the .ice and salt, or other freezing-mixture. Thechambers b should.` be formed u pou the top, three sides, and bottom of'the box, B, and a spaceshould he left betweenthefront side of the'box,B, and the doorof the boxA, of sufficient size to enable a temporaryice-chamber to be formed therein, when required. The -bottom part ofythe inner wall should be rounded ed', so that the ice may .pass freelyto the bottom of the chamber l5', 'and the angles or corners of the`outer `walls of' Vsaid box, B,'may, if dcsired,"be lled upso as todiminis h the 4 size of the lowervpartof said chamber b. G are rods,provided with teeth, and 'passing horizontally through the chambers L',by revolving which the ice may be rattled down in said chambers, andprevented from clogging.

Any-desired number of Vrods C may be used, and they may be revolved withsmall cranks, removably er pcrmanently attached to their projectingends. The interior of the box, B, may be divided into variouscompartments', v

and provided with drawers, D, for the reception of the bait or otherarticles to be frozen and preserved, so that they may not be injured bythe pressure of Vtheir own weight, or by delay in freezing, `i'or wantof heatconducting surface suitably proportioned to the quantity ofthe'materjal to lie-preserved. The drawers D should be divided intoseveral compartments by vertical partitions, d', running parallel withthe vessels keel, so that the contents .of the drawers D may net bedashed from side to side bythe rolling of the vessel. This same thingmay be accomplished by meansl of small frames, fitted into the drawers,and covered with netting. If desired, the' drawers may be omitted, andthe different compartments formedby horizontal metallic plates, restingupon metallic.l lbars and cleats, attached'to the said box', B, so as toprevzent the lower layers from sustaining the pressure of the upperlayers. This construction 'may be preferable where econo'my of cost orspace is an object. The ice-chamber in front of Y tho box, B, maybefformedby placing plates in groovesjformed in the sides of the box, B,or their ends may he supported byclents, attached to said sides. TheseAplateasishould equal in width the depthl of the drawers, so that as thecontents of each drawer, beginning with the upper one, are required to.he removed, the plate in front of 'said drawer may be taken out withoutdisturbing the lower ones. 'lfhe vater maybe allon'cdvto flow o' throughe pip'e,`hent into the form of an inverted Siphon,I so .that suifiicientwater may always remain inthe bend of the pipe to prevent the ingress ofair.- The ice and salt, or other freezing-mixture, it! shovelled orthrown uponthe tup of the box, B, from which it `falls into the chambersZz', nntil said chambers vare completely filled.

When used on fishing-vessels, the'hoxes-Al and B should be somde thatthey may be taken apart, for' convenience in placing 4it in and removingit from the vessel, but nponvrailroad-cars and river Steamers thisconstruction is not necessary. It should be observed that when the box,A, is mde in detachable' parts, the

joints should be lined with listin'g or other suitable material, toprevent the entrance of -ir. v i IHaving thusdescrihed myinvention, Iclaim as new, and desire tolsecurebyLette'rs Patent--- i Abait-preserver, made and operating substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

THEODORE D. KELLOGG.

Y, ,A Witnesses PVM. F. MPNAMARA, JAMES T. GRAHAM.'

